What Personalised-cups does

Personalised Cups, a trading name of Tees Valley Plastics Ltd within the TVP Group, is a UK-based manufacturer of custom-printed reusable plastic cups operating from a single factory in Stockton-on-Tees, north-east England. Founded in 2016, the company runs the full production chain in-house — injection moulding, in-mould labelling (IML) printing, finishing, and quality control — and ships directly to event organisers, festivals, stadiums, pubs, breweries, weddings, corporate clients, and charities with no resellers, distributors, or imports. The product line spans pint-to-line, pint-to-brim, half-pint, and two-pint formats in both full-colour and single-colour custom prints, plus adjacent reusable drinkware including wine cups, a hot drinks cup, a 16oz cocktail cup, and the patented Stack Cup™ and Stack Flute™ ranges with a multi-carry handle and stackable flute geometries.

The business operates a one-time-sale transactional revenue model with volume-tiered unit pricing (from £0.34 to £1.98 per cup) and a low minimum order quantity of 50 cups, supported by a 10-day standard lead time and a faster express option via the sister brand Express Cups. All pint, half-pint, and two-pint SKUs carry UKCA and CE certifications for licensed alcohol service, with legal measure markings moulded into the cup wall rather than printed, and the polypropylene construction is validated for 200+ commercial dishwasher cycles with end-of-life regrind back into production. Marketing is sales-led through a website configurator, phone line, and email enquiries, with no paid advertising or social presence disclosed. The company claims 20M+ cups produced and 5,000+ events served cumulatively since inception.

Name

Personalised-cups

Legal name

Tees Valley Plastics Ltd

Website

https://personalised-cups.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Personalised Cups is a UK manufacturer of custom-printed reusable plastic drinkware, selling direct from its Stockton-on-Tees factory to festivals, stadiums, pubs, weddings, and corporate events across Britain.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Custom Printed Reusable Plastic Drinkware

NAICS

Plastics Bottle Manufacturing (326160)

SIC

Miscellaneous Plastics Products (3080)

akta.pro primary industry

Beverage Packaging (Bottles, Cans, Cartons, Kegs) (IMALAHAD)

Keywords

• Custom printed cups
• Reusable plastic cups
• Event drinkware
• Injection moulding
• Promotional merchandise

Headquarters

HQ city

Darlington

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Custom Printed Reusable Cup Sales: One-time sale of custom-printed reusable plastic cups to event organisers, festivals, stadiums, weddings, and businesses. Volume-based pricing with tiered discounts for larger orders. No subscription or recurring revenue.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Personalised Cups is a UK-based manufacturer of custom-printed and plain reusable polypropylene drinkware produced via injection moulding and in-mould labelling (IML) at its Stockton-on-Tees factory. The portfolio covers pint, half-pint, two-pint, wine, cocktail, hot drinks, and champagne flute cups — offered both as custom-branded (full-colour or single-colour) and unbranded plain stock items — sold to festivals, stadiums, pubs, weddings, corporate events, and charities with a 50-cup minimum order and free UK mainland delivery.

Product overview

Personalised Cups is a UK manufacturer of custom printed reusable plastic cups, operating as a single unified product line with two main variants: branded (custom printed) cups and unbranded (plain stock) cups. The product portfolio centers on reusable drinkware across multiple size formats (half pint, pint, two pint) and styles (pint-to-line, pint-to-brim, stackable), with special formats including hot drinks cups, cocktail cups, wine cups, and champagne flutes. The branded products feature full-colour or single-colour custom printing with in-mould labelling (IML) technology, while unbranded products are plain stock items available for immediate dispatch. The company's proprietary Stack Cup line, featuring a patented multi-carry handle design, represents a key differentiator allowing customers to carry multiple drinks in one hand. All products are manufactured at the company's Stockton-on-Tees factory in England, are UKCA/CE certified for alcohol service, BPA-free, and designed for 200+ commercial dishwasher cycles.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Stack Cup: Patented multi-carry reusable cup design with interlocking handle for festivals and stadiums.

Products and services

• Pint to Line Cup (Full Colour)

Quantifiable outcome

• 200+ wash cycles per cup before recycling
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• TVP Group (Tees Valley Plastics Ltd)coreOthersParent company. Personalised Cups is a trading name of Tees Valley Plastics Ltd. Manufacturing and operations are shared within the group.
• Express CupsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSister brand under TVP Group offering express production (under 10 working days) for urgent orders. Referred to customers needing faster turnaround than standard service.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• KeepCup: Reusable cup brand specialising in branded barista-grade reusable cups for cafés and corporate customers — overlaps in custom-print reusable drinkware though concentrated in hot/coffee use cases.
• Ecoffee Cup: UK-designed reusable coffee cup brand focused on sustainable takeaway drinkware for retail/café channels — comparable in product category (reusable branded drinkware) though more takeaway-coffee than events.

Direct peers

• Go-Pak: UK manufacturer and distributor of foodservice and drinkware products including branded reusable cups, serving pubs, events, stadiums and hospitality operators — a same-geography peer with overlapping product mix and channel.
• Cup Print: European supplier of custom-printed paper and reusable plastic cups, offering B2B bespoke-branded drinkware to corporate and event customers across UK and EU — directly overlapping in custom-print reusable cup delivery.
• Chill Cups: UK-based supplier of custom-printed reusable and disposable cups for events, pubs and promotions, operating in the same low-MOQ, custom-print niche with comparable festival/venue customer base.
• Huskee: Reusable cup brand producing premium reusable cups (including signature HuskeeCup and HuskeeSwap rental/reuse system) for cafés, events and venues, directly competing in the reusable custom-branded drinkware category.

Others

• Placon Corporation: US-based plastics packaging manufacturer focused on injection-moulded and extruded plastic containers — an industry-adjacent plastic packaging peer rather than a direct competitor in branded event drinkware.

Broad incumbents

• Huhtamaki: Global foodservice and consumer goods packaging manufacturer producing paper and plastic cups for foodservice, retail and events — a much larger incumbent with overlapping event-cup product lines but a broad portfolio rather than custom-reusable specialism.
• Berry Global Group: Global plastic packaging manufacturer with rigid and flexible products including foodservice cups; competes broadly in the same plastics packaging space but at much larger scale and across many verticals.
• Dart Container Corporation: US-based foodservice packaging giant and owner of Solo Cup, manufacturing disposable and reusable cups for foodservice and events — broad incumbent in cup manufacture, but serving different geography and broader portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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